The International Criminal Court, like most international institutions, is a wonderful idea. A noble idea. All it needs to work is planetary government, worldwide democracy and the triumph of reason over tribal loyalties, political doctrines and individual ambition. In other words, it requires that we all live in the world described by the "Star Trek" television shows.

The mind forever turns on the lathe of its own contradictions.

I regret that after 30 years of writing columns in this market, including ten with this newspaper that I love very much, this local conversation has come to an end. However, I believe that if the newspapers of the country pool their resources, we can send an Arnold-Schwartzenegger-style robot back in time to kill the inventor of the Internet, and then our future will be much brighter.

It takes a particularly rarified variety of idiot to look at a Jew-hating fascist with a small mustache - and decide that his opponent is the Nazi.

From Day One the very existence of [Camp Bravo] has been a popcorn hull in the tender gums of the hard left.

If you think the ’80s were dumber than the ’70s, either you weren’t there or you weren’t paying attention.

I'll start drinking tea over coffee when the big hand is on Never and the little hand is on Ain't Gonna Happen.